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Alpha Sigma A_~pha. announc~s the establishment of Epsil n at the l~.anaas <Jta t~ Normal sc.hool , ::1n"'1oria Ka.n~a~ or. •ft'l.,.tner 16-17 by Miss Ida A. Jewett, National Vice President~ and Miss IIIJIII18 Shockley, National Ri tuo.list, assisted by two members of Alpha , Mrs. Paul Dys~~t Hi?bee .~d Miss D~~ Zoller, ~d by six members Gamma Gamma, Mrs. Nelll.e Cole, President, Grace Ho.untel, Vice Presi' Louise Miller and Georgia Vicars, alumnae, and t wo recent initiato•, l!linor Abornathy and Lydia Ro.nk. silon
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EMPORIA Emporia, the home of the m@st recent addition to the roll of Sigma AlPha, is a city of about 15,000 population, and is located the centre of the sunrlower State. It is beautifully· situated in midst of a riCh agricultural section, but is separated from the ng district by tv;o small~. but lovely, rivers, the Neosho and the to.nwood, which almost encircle the tovm. Emporia· is a residenti~l ~~d college toun. During ~he school ita streets · are thronged with the many students uho h~ve come, in some eBses from distant ppints, to attend one or the other of its juatly famous insti t.utions , The fine grade school and the ne-rr county Hiah School attract many young peop}.e . f'rom outlying districts, but the alnesa College, _. the two Conservatories of' Husic, the College of Emporia a.nd the State Normal School are the ones that bring the greater er or students and add so much of life to the delightfujly situated 11 ttle ei ty. . It would seen as tho so large a student population v:ould need Oll1 places of' amusement ~ Host of' the social life of the students1 ver, is pro-v ided by' the schools themselves, but there are in Emporia three motion picture houses, all on the best circuits. One of h parks is equipped with boating and sHinning facilities, and a pavilion for roller skating and dancing . Among the nttnble buildings re the nerr Y.M.C.A. the Masonic Temple, the court House and the CarneLibrary. There is much wealth ~d much culture in Emporia . The beaut~ tul CountJ'r Club attests to the leisure of the nealthy residents and adde a qua11 ty thn.t 1a laclting sometimes in all save the larger -cities ot tbe eount~y. Emporia. prides :i!Self on being the home of Ualt lv·ason, ~ose jinglea are knmn~ wherevere the English language is read, and of .m All8n Uhite, the ~amous author. Emporia is not yet seventy years old, yet it has miles 0f ll&Yement, fine roads, beautiful parks .:md hn.ndsome ho~:1es . It is often ~ atgncte d · as a city ~f schools nnd churches, for the P-duc~tional and oral atmospher~ predominate, Because of its centr~l location and its cc as1b11ity by reason of being on the main line of the SantP F~ 1 as 11 ao on t11~ 1iissouri, rcansas and TE~.Xas .Railroe.d, it lH1s been chos?.n reatdenc.e by many -r1ho vrish to live far frt>m thP whirring 1-:-':l eP lF omn-rc.ial life. '